Clothes-drying device.



D. W. REED.

CLOTHES DRYING DEVICE.

a APPUCATION man SEPT-7. 1911,

1,260,807. Patented Mar.26,1918.

ares.

DANIEL W. REED, OE JACKSON, MISSISSHPI.

CLOTHES-DRYING nnvrcn.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. 2%;1913.

Application filed September 7, 1917. Serial No. 190,208.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL W. REED, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, rcsiding at Jackson, in the county of Hinds and State ofMississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-DryingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has reference generally to improvements in thatclass of inventions known as clothes driers, and more particularlyrelates to a clothes drying device especially adapted for attachment toa window casing.

This invention has for its principal aim and object to provide a deviceof the above character designed so as to be readily attached to a windowcasing andvproject laterally from the outer face thereof in order tosupport bedding, clothes and the like so that such articles may beeffectively aired and dried.

More particularly this invention embraces the provision of a clothesdrying device wherein the construction of the supporting frame and theplatform is novel and assure of the quick drying of the clothes whichmay be placed thereon while the platform is of an open work nature andserves to assure of the effective airing of the clothes.

As a further improvement this invention includes the provision ofimproved means for attaching the device to the window casing in orderthat it may be retained in a properly supported po ition with respectthereto.

Among the other aims and objects of this invention may be recited theprovision of a device of the character described with a view tocompactness, and in which the number p of parts are few, theconstruction simple, the

cost of production low and the e hi h.

%)ther improvements and novel details in the construction andarrangement of the various parts of the apparatus will be brought outmore in detail in the description to follow, which for a clearunderstanding of the invention should be considered in connection withthe accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, and wherein isdisclosed for the purpose of illustration :3. convenient andsatisfactory embodiment of the invention. It is to be noted in thisconnection that minor changes in the construction and arrangement ofparts may he 'made ciency without departing from the principle ofoperation of the various parts.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention; attached to awindow casing and partly in section;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same showing the casing in transversesection.

Similar charactersof reference are employed in all the above describedviews to indicate the corresponding parts.

Referring now, more particularly, to the accompanylng drawings, there isillustrated a window caslngl of conventional construction mounted in awall 2 of a building while attached to the window casing is the improvedclothes drying device indicated in its entirety by the numeral 3.

The improved device in the present instance consists of a main framecomposed of side bars 4 formed of rod metal and bent at the extremeouter ends to form eyes 5. The bars are also bent at pointssubstantially intermediate the ends to form opposed eyes 6 and are bentadjacent their inner ends to form opposed eyes 7 for a purpose that willpresently appear. A plurality of cross bars 8 are now employed andterminate at their outer ends in hooks 9 designed for engagement withthe opposed eyes 5, 6 and 7, as indicated in the drawings. A platform isnow provided and is disposed on a main supporting frame and preferablyconsists of sections 10 of a rectangular configuration formed desirablyof suitable rod metal. Diagonally extending cross rods 11 are connectedon each section and these cross rods are desirably formed from a singlepiece of rod metal one end of which has a loop 12 formed thereon forengagement with one side of one section while the rod metal is extendedacross forming one of the rods 11 and looped about the opposite side ofthe same section, as indicated by the numeral 13, and thence extendedacross to form another rod 11, as indicated, preparatory to beingarranged about the opposite side of the section. This piece of rod metalof course is arranged similarly throughout its length while its oppositeextreme free end terminates in a loop 14 which is anchored in one sideof the section, as indicated. As is apparent each section is of an openwork nature for a purpose that will presently appear. In connecting the.plat orm sections to the main frame suitable securing devices, such asrings 15 are employed being arranged about the cross bars 8 and aboutthe outer sides of the sections, as indicated in Fig. 2. Other rings 16are employed for connecting the adjacent inner sides of the sections toeach other.

In attaching the'main frame to the window casing the inner portions 17of the side bars 4 are extended through openings 18 in the oppositesides of the window casing adjacent the sill while the extreme innerends are threaded and are engaged by suitable adjustable elements suchas nuts 19 which in turn bear against the inner faces of the casing.Braces 20 are now employed and have their looped ends 21 arranged aboutthe side bars so as to abut the eyes 6 which limit outward movementthereof while their outer ends are designed to bear against the last 22mounted on the outer face of the wall 2 at a suitable distance beneaththe sill of the window casing.

Suitable means have been employed for hanging clothes to the side barsof the frame, in the present instance consisting of fastening devices 23which if desired may be constructed in accordance with curtain pins, soas to be slidably arranged on the rods.

In use, assuming that the parts have been assembled in the mannerdescribed and as indicated in the drawings, bedding, such as a mattress,may be supported upon the platform and conveniently aired and inaddition sheets, pillow cases, and other articles may be supported onthe platform and held from displacement through the instrumentality ofclothes pins not shown which may be employed to hold the articles on thediagonally extending rods of the platform sections. It is to beappreciated that in view of the open nature of the platform sections theclothes can be readily aired and inasmuch as they are positioned'exteriorly of the building the rays of the sun will act thereon toeffectively dry them.

It is believed that in view of the foregoing description a furtherdetailed description of the operation of the invention is entirelyunnecessary. Likewise it is believed that the advantages of theinvention will be readily apparent. However, at this point it may bementioned that owin to the construction of the main frame it will beappreciated that when it is intended to detach the same from positionsubsequent to the disengagement of the side bars 4 from the windowcasing the entire device may be drawn into the room whereupon the crossbars 8 may be disengaged from the side bars and the outer and innercross bars may be in turn disengaged from the rings 15 so as to beconsequently disconnected from the platform sections. This leaves theside bars 4 and the cross bars 8 all independent of each other and it isapparent that they may be readily placed in a compact form since therings 16 serve also as a means for pivotally connecting the sections 10of the platform the latter may be folded so as to occupy minimum spacewhen not in use.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be madewithout departing from the scope thereof and it is intended that allmatter contained inthe above description or shown in the accompanyingdrawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitedsense. It is also to be understood that the language used in thefollowing claims is intended to cover all the generic and specificfeatures of the invention herein described and all statements of. thescope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said tofall therebetween.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new anddesired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A clothes drying device including a collapsible rectangular framecomposed of two side bars adapted for engagement with the sides of awindow casing and cross bars designed for removable engagement with theside bars, a sectional platform embodying a pair of sections of an openwork nature movably connected relative to each other and removablyconnected to the cross bars, and bracing means slidably connected to theside bars and adapted for bearing against the side of a house forassuring of the'proper position of the device.

2. A clothes drying device including a collapsible rectangular framecomposed of side bars, eyes formed at suitable spaced intervals on theside bars, cross bars terminating in hooks for removable engagement withthe eyes in the side bars the inner ends of the side bars being adaptedfor engagement with the sides of a window casing, means for anchoringthe sides of the frame in position, a sectional platform composed of apair of sections of "an open work nature, means for pivotally connectingthe sections with respect to each other, means for removably connectingthe sections to the cross bars of the frame, braces slidably connectedto the side bars and limited in their outward movement by the eyes andadapted for bearing against the side of a house for assuring of theproper position of the device.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

DANIEL W. REED.

